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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Sociol.
Sec. Work, Employment and Organizations
Volume 10 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fsoc.2025.1567207
Work Engagement and Individual Work Performance in the UAE: The Mediating Role of Work-Life Balance
Provisionally accepted- University of Fujairah, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
This research focuses on how employees balance their engagement with their work and private life, and how this balance affects their performance in the workplace. The study conducted a survey completed by 98 employees from government, private, and non-profit organizations regarding their experiences with engagement, work-life balance, and performance. The findings indicate that workers in UAE-based workplaces are highly engaged in their jobs and perform significantly well. The key results show that work engagement is positively related to work-life balance, which, in turn, positively impacts individual work performance. Additionally, the study demonstrates that work-life balance mediates the relationship between work engagement and individual work performance, helping to explain and facilitate this relationship. This study provides a deeper understanding of work engagement and work-life balance in the UAE and offers insights into how organizations can implement best practices to enhance performance
Keywords: work engagement, Employee engagement, Work-life balance (WLB), Individual Work Performance (IWP), Employee performance, UAE
Received: 26 Jan 2025; Accepted: 24 Mar 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Alnagbi, Aldabbas, Gernal, Elamin and Ahmed. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Hazem Aldabbas, University of Fujairah, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
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